“Drag one's feet”in other languages
Keep putting something off.
English
Portuguese
Russian
Same idea, different pictures
English has two: dragging your feet like someone who doesn't want to arrive, and kicking the can down the road, nudging the problem ahead instead of picking it up. Brazilian Portuguese pushes it with its belly, empurrar com a barriga, without using its hands.
Russian pulls the cat by the tail, тянуть кота за хвост: slow, pointless, and nobody enjoys it.
More sayings in other languages
- Pull out all the stops
- Pull someone's leg
- Pull the wool over someone's eyes
- Pull up stakes
- Put something on the back burner
- Put the cart before the horse
- Rack one's brains
- It's raining cats and dogs
- Raise hell